Truck



vr1.5. CORLETT.

TRUCK.

APPLxcATloN FILED MAY28,1918.

Patented Jan. 31, 1922 2SHEETSSHEET l. l

H. S. CORLETT.

TRUCK.

APPLICATION mep mAvzs. 191s.

1 ,l- 05,293 l Patented Jan. 1922.

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' Be it known that I7 HUBERT, SrnrrrnNA Gon'-v Lnrr,a subject ofthe 'King of, Great ABritain, residing at y.`Doriglas,f[sle ofMan, have yignvented certain new vand useful Improv-ements in Trucks,-of.Whichthe following isV a specification.

rvThis .invention has 'for its .v object a .method of and apparatus for transporting heavy goods lor packages of goods :from

place ,to place in a. Warehousel or elsewhere Y and stacking 4them vone upon another.

The apparatus 'comprises a. truck having a load jsupporting surface solaarranged asto vpickup or'assist in pickingup one ormore articles orV packages', and supportthem in such manner that when tipped one ofitl'iese articles or packages 'will stand .substantially upright on the floor and form f a fulcrum Von which -theother article or package can be swung up on to fthe ,top of the articlesor packages innnediatelybelow` The bed or bodyoft'he .truck provided ivith a load supporting platform extending from the prizing bar or .shoe at the front end forlpart of the lengtlrof bed andrtilted .with respect torthe-bedby means of a riser at the rear, -upon Which platform one or more articles Yor packages ,are carri-ed Ain va longitudinal position,',Whilethe rear end of the bedA forms-a support vfoi-'fanother article orpaclage which isbala-nced back against the `riser,-andfagainst the vend of the packagc' Whichlies upon the v platform'so: that itztales up a position atabout right angles thereto.

l When the :goods-are-toloestackedlin .a longitudinal position, they maybe placed transversely on 'the truclr. n f 1 Y The invention h-as :been designedimore particularly for transporting and stacking loadedbags `or sacks andi'n describingfthe vtransporting' the load from another, and stackingthegoods.

etteratent Patented J an. 31, y1922. 191s. se1-iairi0-zamo5- i one lplace ito Referring to Figure l, t-he apparatus-coinprises` a handgtruck Whose bedror y'body A 1s carried at one endbyWheelsB and aXleC,

and at the other with legs fDqa-ndshandles 'E l' for wheeling it along .by hand. This bed y or body A is provided with wa'load support ing platform or cradle F extending yfrom the Vprizing bar orshoefG the :front enel forpart ofthe length 'of the bedlandtilted Withrespectffto the bed by means of a riser H .at-the rear, `upon .which platform l,one loa-ded :bag is carried longitudinally,-While Ythe-roerend off'tlie bed A'fforms asupport yfor-another loadedbag `ina standing position, such loa-g whenbalancedzback resting againstthe riser 'and agarnstthe end fof the first mentionedrbag7 so that it takes upa position at about rightanglesithereto.k The bed' A spaced apart and connected lby cross pieces A', and the platform F may also,con'iprisea pair of side rails ,spaced apart'andf connected by cross pieces F,ftl1e front endresting directly upon the yside' .rails of .the 'bed A, and 'the rear end supportedfby the riser y Y' members H which fornrltherisersofthat the platform ,F is inclined With respect to the bed A. The front endof" the :p'latforinV has the'metal `extens'ion arms of the prising bar or shoe (ir-bolted toit, andv when/the may comprise a pair .'oiffside'rails truck is ltipped up .fon-end, this ,prizing bar GLC/aube Workednnderrorbe madeto l insinuateitse'lf under a bag soi thatfwlien lthe gtruck is tilted back the loaded vbagvvill be tilted backfalso/ against theV platform and' Y lie thereon'. in a :longitudinal position 'with its end resting against vthe pri'zing (bar .vor

shoe G. At ythehandle end ofthe bed A,

the truck lis provided with a1fixedcross:barV o I yso arranged :that 'when"brou'ghtjfagainst another loaded bag, itwlllfact as ai-fulcrnm v tofenable Y*the ',loag` to bev swung'. up 1 by :hand so a as to rest `upon Vthe bed y of thej'trfuc'k in aniupsta'nding position. 'Y

o :In the operation ofpi'clcing up loaded bags fromthe ground anditransportingftheni Y to the-.place :Wherefthey fareztobe stacked, 1 l

the truck is tipped up on end and the Yprizfing bar or shoe G is caused by foot pressure to insinuate itself under a bag (Figure 3), and thev handles E are. then pulled down so that the loaded bag is elevated off the ground and lies lengthwise uponthe platformA F.

BI) f legs D with the cross bar l brought close to another loaded bag (Figure d), which. isA

then tilted against the cross bar l and the bottom end oi the bag is swung up by hand so as to invert the bag, the bar l acting as a fulcrum. The second bag now rests upon the bed A and leans against the iiser H and against the end of the iirst mentioned bag, the two bags being at about right angles to each other. (Figure 5.) The truck is now wheeled away to the place where the bags are to be stacked, the weight of the sacks being approximately balanced on the pair of truck wheels. (Figure 6.) The truck is tipped up on end so that the priming bar rests upon the floor, the operator steadying the tipping by foot and hand power, so that one bag will rest on the Hoor' and against a bag which has been previously transported, while the second bag will rest on top oi the first bag (Figure 7) in an approximately horizontal position. acts as a fulcrum on which the second bag is swung up shoulder high by hand onto the top of the bag which was previously transported into position (Figure 8,). The truck thus relieved of its load is wheeled away, and the operation is repeated upon other bags. In this method of stacking, the lower tier of stacked bags -is always in advance of the bags of the upper tier.

It will be understood that the platform or cradle F with its riser H can be applied to any ordinary hand truck and can be of wood or Vmetal. If desired 'the Jfront end o'l the platform can be hinged to the bed A at d as shown in ligure 2 and the truck and riser H provided with a number oi spaced periorations at J and K through which and through the bed a pin can be passed to lock the vplatform at any desired inclination and length which can be varied as desired. By removing the pin the said Vplatform can be folded down flat against the bed A, while if the riser be jointed at L such portion can be Jiolded under the bed so as to be out of the way and the apparatus can then be used as an ordinary truck. Or the platform lmay be detachable.v l

l declare that what l claim is l. A hand truck for handling and stack# ing articles, comprising a truck body; wheels mounted on the frontend of said body; a prizing bar attached to the front end of saidAV body; an article-carrying cradle of 'shorter length than said truck body, attached at its front end to the front end of the truck The top of the first bag body and extending rearwardly over said body at an angle thereto; and risers, of shorter length than said cradle, connecting the rear end of the cradle to the truck body forward of its rear end to provide space on 4 the rear end of said body to receive an article, said article being adapted, when in place, to rest against said risers and partially overlap an article on the cradle whereby the lat'- ter article may serve asa support on which to pivot the formervin removing the same 4from the truck.

2. A hand truck for handling and stacking articles, comprising a truck body; wheels mounted on the front end oiC said body; a prizing bar attached to the front end of said body; an article carrying cradle, oi shorter length than said truck body, attached at Vits front end to the front end of the truclrbody and extending rearwardly over said bodyat an angle thereto; and risers, of approximately one-half the length of said cradle,

connecting the rear end of the cradle at substantially right angles to the truck body forward of its rear end, thereby providing carrying space for an article at the rear of said cradle, said article being adapted, when in place, to partially overlap a similar articleV on said cradle, which latter article serves as a support on which to pivot the formerin removing the same from the truck.

3. A hand truck ior handling and stacking articles, comprising a truck body; wheels mounted at the front end of said body; a

prizing bar attached to the :front end o' said body; an article-carrying cradle, of shorter length than said body, attached at its front end to the front end of the truck body and extending rearwardly over said body at an angle thereto; risers of shorter length thanl my name this 17 day of April,- 1918, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HUBERT S'lEljl-IEN CORLETT. Witnesses: Y Y t STANLEX STEVENS., LEONARD MANNING.. y 

